The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-29

in four in night. The most painful
scene witnessed occurred
nj ght about five years ago in the dissectng
rooms of one of the colleges. There col
ored man who had been supplying Us with sub
Jects for several months, and he was the best
man we ever had. About o'clock in the morn
ing be lugged his box up stairs with 8 stiff in
it, and we all gathered around to what he
had He opened the lid to the light, and there,
cramped up in the box. his own brother.
He stared at him for a moment and then tainted.
That was the last work he ever did for u.s. The
body was, of course. returned to the grave. The
brother died two or three days before and in the
darkness of the graveyard our had acct
IDENTIFY mistaken his grave for the he in
tended to rob-"
1.-THE Water works Company seem to have
spite at the young people of the city who en-
joy boating. said Samuel PARROT, deputy city
clerk. whenever there is moon they food
the canal and make it excellent for boating but
regularly when there is full moon they let the
water down from to three feet and make
regularly all summer AS the canal is the only
boating stream in the city, it should be kept
flooded whenever the nights pleasant for
boat-riding."
The season for soldiers reunionsi is at hand, and
there are but few of the survivors of Indiana
regiments that will not gather at some place in
the State during the next month "The younger
generation inclined to look upon these gather
ings rather lightly" said old soldier yester-
day, 'but they do not understand how much
enjoyment the OLD veterans get out of them
They are looked forward to by the old soldiers
the events of the year There is tie that
binds survivors of the war together that cannot
be explained, or understood except by those who
marched shoulder to shoulder for three years,
and it seems that the further the recedes In
the past the closer the tie becomes, and the
more pleasure the men get in assembling yearly
for the renewal of friendships, and the relating
Of experiences of those memorable times"
1.-THE vote in the city election this fall will be
surprise to great many people" said gentle
man whose business takes him among the man
ufacturing establishments OF the city very often.
"There will be more quiet voting than has ever
been done before. l have talked with great
many men in the shops who do not usually pay
much attention to politics. and who generally
vote as their conscience dictates. great ma
jorlty of them will support the Republican can
didates. They will do it for the reason that
they completely disguised with Coy and
his gang and their disreputable methods, and
want to see him relegated to obscurity."
81 hope to live long enough to SEQ jury trials
done away with, remarked old practitioner
at the bar to a Journal reporter, the other day
II have often wondered that with a nation of
such progressive people juries have not
full of corruption, and here in Marion county
frequently makes justice a mockery. In the
first place. nearly all the jury lists carelessy
N ade up, and business men, If drawn to serve,
generally get excused. In consequence, the
Juries are often composed of men who spend
much of their time around the saloons Few
jurymen at all familiar with the law, and
their lack of mental training makes it imposs-
Bile for them to grasp the Instructions a OF the
compromise verdict so he could reach an early
train and get homo. ! am in favor OF allowing
the opinion of majority of three judges to be
taken Such system would be cheaper and
better IN every respect
sThere's some talk about selling he farm
of one hundred acres owned by the State. known
as the McCasln farm" said Judge Lewis Jordan.
1.-The farm is about mile and half due west
of the Indiana Hospital for the Insane. and was
bought origin ally as place upon which to To-
cate the House of Refuge. which was finally To-
Gated at Plsinield. That property ought not
to be sold. The land lies beautifully. and it is
just the place for reformatory institution for
young men. first offenders. who now sent to
penitentaries. One-third of the criminals sent
to our penitentiares under twenty five years
old. The reformatory institution, inter
mediate prison at Elmira. N Y, has world
wide reputation. Indiana should have such a
penal institution, and the State farm is exactly
the place to locate it In tho last four years
$50, 900 worth of improvements have been made
at the Reform School at Plainfeld at
a cost to the State of rot than
$50. 900. The boys have made and
laid the bricks. they have laid the plaster and
done other work that has saved fully $25, 900.
When the State is ready to build the reformato-
ry for young men, the young men who are to
occupy it could be made, under proper super
vision, to do great ceal OF the Work or build
ing"
Druggists who are proficient in pharmacy con-
tinue to complain of Indiana's lack OF proper
pharmacy laws. They say that as all the sur
States require certain proficiency in
the business the consequence is that Indi-
ana gets all the rejected and incompe!ents that
are sifted out by them.
They were standing the of Meridian
and Washington streets talking, the subject be-
ing premature badness. One of the gentlemen,
q young Episcopal clergyman, who is exceeding
~ i'd lifted his hat. remarking ''You see it
II see it's off sure" replied T. V.
Cook, the painter, which was so bad that he had
to fee for his life.